Sr. Financial Analyst LFO @ Ameriprise Financial

This role will be primarily focused on supporting the LFO group by reporting and analyzing current and past trends in key performance indicators for specific revenue and expense segments, supporting periodic forecast, budgeting and variance analysis intended to provide financial decision support and commentary around the business performance. Also, the role will require supporting any ad-hoc projects based on the business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Create Segment, Platform and Real Estate related reports and perform MTD/ QTD/ YTD variance analysis - focusing on providing business context using commentary around business results.
• Assist area offices in finalizing real estate lease decisions.
• Perform independent analysis using multiple data sources to derive root cause and track benefits of past decisions.
• Manage platform metric and expense planning/ forecasting models and identify risk and opportunities.
• Lead the month-end and year-end closing process for the assigned business segment by analyzing and preparing journal entries and accruals.
• Ad hoc projects and independently develop/enhance simple to complex models to make future reporting and analysis more efficient.

Required Qualifications

• 3 - 5 years of work experience in Financial Planning and Analysis.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel and Access)
• Strong logical, analytical and abstract thinking skills
• Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational and time-management skills
• Strong attention to detail/accuracy

Preferred Qualifications

• MS Excel
• Hyperion/Essbase
• MS Access

Ameriprise India LLP has been providing client based financial solutions to help clients plan and achieve their financial objectives for 125 years. We are a U. S. based financial planning company headquartered in Minneapolis with a global presence. The firm s focus areas include Asset Management and Advice, Retirement Planning and Insurance Protection. Be part of an inclusive, collaborative culture that rewards you for your contributions and work with other talented individuals who share your passion for doing great work. You ll also have plenty of opportunities to make your mark at the office and a difference in your community. So if youre talented, driven and want to work for a strong ethical company that cares, take the next step and create a career at Ameriprise India LLP.